RadioBDC Sports: Buchholz a number five starter?

As we do every Monday at 2 p.m., Chad Finn, Steve Silva and I sat down to talk Red Sox baseball. After breaking down the team’s spring defensive woes and Grady Sizemore‘s resurgence, we turned our attention to the rotation, which manager John Farrell predicts will feature Clay Buchholz as the team’s number five starter.

The surprising part? He calls it a blessing.

It was great having Meredith Goldstein back in studio this morning to talk about the latest edition of Love Letters. Listen to our chat and you’ll figure out why I chose the song I chose to go along with today’s letter. More

Great to have our friends from Tito’s Handmade Vodka back in studio this morning to celebrate another Thirsty Thursday. Tico Restaurant was in the house, too. Because what says summer better than an ice cold Tito’s beverage on the patio Tico? More

Full disclosure: I don’t like football. And I find the NFL’s stances on issues like player safety and domestic violence to be shameful. So I really don’t have any business busting out the hot sports takes on #Deflategate. Which is why I had Kevin Paul Dupont from the Boston Globe on with me today. He offered some interesting perspective on Tom Brady’s recent predicament, his legacy as a hero of Boston sports, and football fandom and fantasy. More

Today, I welcomed Howard Haywood of Olde Magoun’s Saloon on Medford Street in Somerville to the studio. Howard is a Newton, MA native that has honed his culinary skills around the world. Old Magoun’s boasts 28 taps of local and imported craft beer, each one served in its own distinctive glass. We talked beer, of course, and Spanish tapas, which will be featured on the menu throughout the month of August. More

By day, Bridget Duffy holds it down at Harvard. By night, she deejays. OK, not every night. Because she’s always deejaying in some way: discovering, curating, and sharing the music that she loves. It was a blast having her in studio for Six Songs. Listen to her set, then see her spin tonight at River Gods in Cambridge. More

The New Orleans Saints informed linebacker Junior Galette Friday that he would be released before training camp began. The move was somewhat surprising, as Galette signed a four-year, $41.5 million contract extension last fall.

But then came an epic Twitter rant that threw almost a dozen players and coaches under the bus.

Boston.com’s Chad Finn covered Pedro Martinez and his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame over the weekend. He put this piece together, and joined Steve Silva and I with a firsthand account, some Pedro memories and musings, and more from this past weekend. More

Hulk Hogan’s alleged use of the n-word on a leaked sex tape landed the star in trouble late last week, as the WWE cut ties with the wrestler — real name Terry Bollea — and removed references to Hogan from their website.

But Hogan is fighting back online, even alluding on Twitter that his alleged use of the n-word was comparable to President Obama’s.